The Dakhla Call

The experts, academics, representatives of civil society, elected officials and representatives of the vital forces who came from five continents and met in Dakhla on 21 and 22 November 2013, recall that during the first Dakhla meeting held in October 2010, the participants had committed to actively contributing to the hybridization of expert and practitioner networks in order to respond to the challenges of globalization in various sectors (culture, industry, crafts, etc.) through a creative use of prospective intelligence. These experts and academics noted that the objectives set by Dakhla 2010 had been achieved and that this community can be considered an international think tank that can be mobilized to address complex and operational issues according to a prospective vision. They recognize that this second meeting, which was exceptional in its scale, the richness and the diversity…